| Two Solitudes Contributor(s): MacLennan, Hugh (Author) |
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ISBN: 0773524924 ISBN-13: 9780773524927 Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press OUR PRICE: $20.66 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry - Fiction - Literary Criticism | Canadian |
| Dewey: 813 |
| Physical Information: 1.3" H x 5.7" W x 8.7" (1.45 lbs) 480 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Winner of the Governor General's Award for Fiction Canada Reads Selection (CBC), 2013 A landmark of nationalist fiction, Hugh MacLennan's Two Solitudes is the story of two peoples within one nation, each with its own legend and ideas of what a nation should be. In his vivid portrayals of human drama in First World War-era Quebec, MacLennan focuses on two individuals whose love increases the prejudices that surround them until they discover that "love consists in this, that two solitudes protect, and touch and greet each other." The novel centres around Paul Tallard and his struggles in reconciling the differences between the English identity of his love Heather Methuen and her family, and the French identity of his father. Against this backdrop the country is forming, the chasm between French and English communities growing deeper. Published in 1945, the novel popularized the use of "two solitudes" as referring to a perceived lack of communication between English- and French-speaking Canadians. |
Contributor Bio(s): MacLennan, Hugh: - Born in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Hugh MacLennan (1907-1990) taught at McGill University from 1951 to 1981 and wrote novels and essays that helped define Canadian literature. His novels include Barometer Rising (1941), Two Solitudes (1945), Each Man's Son ( |